Preview — The Pleasure of Pain
by Shameek Speight

• The #1 African American Bestselling Novel! • The pleasure of pain series will make you laugh and cry , take you on a emotional roller coaster. come enter the world of the Teflon Divas the best series to every be release . Shameek A Speight takes writing to a new level ! • A must read! This is an amazing work of literature!

In this twisted tale you will be introduced to T• The #1 African American Bestselling Novel! • The pleasure of pain series will make you laugh and cry , take you on a emotional roller coaster. come enter the world of the Teflon Divas the best series to every be release . Shameek A Speight takes writing to a new level ! • A must read! This is an amazing work of literature!

In this twisted tale you will be introduced to Tess, Iris, Vanessa, Ebony and Bless who find out that The Pleasure of Pain is a true testament that we always want what we shouldn’t have. Tess is a strong determined business woman by the day and queen of the streets by night. She will stop at nothing to get the life she wants for herself and her three best friends along with her man, even if it means breaking old bonds and creating lifetime enemies. What she doesn’t realize is in the game of cut- throat there are no rules. Bless emerges on the scene after being recently released from prison only to find that things are not the way they were before he got locked up. The worst part is the person he has to fight is the person he least expected would betray him. He is out for blood and hell bent on destroying anyone who gets in his way. Iris is secretly in love with Tess, but plays the friend card in order to get closer to her. She knows that Tess is in love with another man, however that doesn’t stop her from plotting to get Tess’ heart. Vanessa and Ebony are sisters who share the same father and they happen to be Tess’ top lieutenants. Their loyalty and love run deep for Tess and has never been questioned until now… With pleasure there is always a little pain as Tess and her girlfriends will soon find out. Will they break under pressure or will they show why women rule the world?...more

Where to start? I liked the narrators voice. The sex scenes (which take place in every single chapter) read like a porno. I don't need that in every chapter. I started skipping them. The details of these scenes were not needed, and they had me rolling my eyes. Especially that one horrible scene. When I purchased this book, I thought a woman wrote it (I thought Shameek was a woman's name). As I listened to the sex scenes, I told my husband that it sounded like a man wrote it, and it turns out I wWhere to start? I liked the narrators voice. The sex scenes (which take place in every single chapter) read like a porno. I don't need that in every chapter. I started skipping them. The details of these scenes were not needed, and they had me rolling my eyes. Especially that one horrible scene. When I purchased this book, I thought a woman wrote it (I thought Shameek was a woman's name). As I listened to the sex scenes, I told my husband that it sounded like a man wrote it, and it turns out I was right. It shouldn’t be obvious that a man wrote a sex scene. The story leaves you with a cliffhanger, so I want to know what happens with the rest of the story. But because of those porn scenes, Ima have to pass. ...more

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I thought that Shameek brought it on this one and I can not wait to start part 2! Tess & Iris have been down for one another since the beginning...then they met Ebony and Vanessa and the four of them formed a sisterhood!!! The day that Tess and Iris find themselves in trouble, Bless comes out of no where and saves them!!! From that day on Tess and Bless became official....

Bless puts the girls onto the game and they start puttin the game on lock...When Bless geI thoroughly enjoyed this book. I thought that Shameek brought it on this one and I can not wait to start part 2! Tess & Iris have been down for one another since the beginning...then they met Ebony and Vanessa and the four of them formed a sisterhood!!! The day that Tess and Iris find themselves in trouble, Bless comes out of no where and saves them!!! From that day on Tess and Bless became official....

Bless puts the girls onto the game and they start puttin the game on lock...When Bless gets knocked for a three year bid, Tess and the girls step up and keep it on smash...wanting to make more money than what the drug game provided, Tess and the girls began to do contract killing on the side from their connect...

Now Tess has her hand in the drug game, killing, and real estate...she now has enough money to make sure that her & Bless' exit out the game is clean...but everyone knows once the game has you, it doesn't let you walk away easily....more

I really don't know where to start. I'm not sure if I ever stated that I really don't read books about the drug game, it's not that I don't like them, I'm just not interested in them, but I'm branching out some and I have a few in my lineup to be read.

I have this novel in a Kindle format, and as an audiobook, from Audible.com. First the Kindle version, which I purchased on Sept. 10, 2012. I mentioned my purchased date because I have seen that this title now shows an update The Pleasure of Pain

I really don't know where to start. I'm not sure if I ever stated that I really don't read books about the drug game, it's not that I don't like them, I'm just not interested in them, but I'm branching out some and I have a few in my lineup to be read.

I have this novel in a Kindle format, and as an audiobook, from Audible.com. First the Kindle version, which I purchased on Sept. 10, 2012. I mentioned my purchased date because I have seen that this title now shows an update published date of: May 14, 2014. The reason why I'm pointing out the publication date is because the version, which I purchased back in 2012 was poorly formatted. This was why it took me some time to complete it. Once I learned there were an audio version of the novel, I ventured in once more. Ebooks are supposed to read just the same as its printed version, so they should look similar, even if they are not by their nature. -There should be no space between paragraphs, margins should be set properly and so on, and so on. This was not the case with this novel (he is far from alone with this problem, even I screwed it up first uploaded version, and haven't corrected it yet, but this isn't about me). So I hope the revised version cleaned up the mishaps and produced a better reading product.

There were many editing errors found throughout the novel. The audio version from Audible.com, narrated by: Mr. Gates, length: 3 hrs and 46 min., format: Unabridged, offered some help, but even with the audio version you can hear the errors, and formatting mistakes through the narration.

I heard a lot about this book and about the author, Shameek Speight, so I decided to download the book and see what all the fuss was about. I hate to say, I didn't see it. I won't take nothing away from the author. This man is selling more books than I am, but I just could not find what the rave was all about, which makes not question the author, I'm questioning the readers. Yeah think about that for a second. I know pretty covers will draw you in, and this 'Pleasure Series' covers are top notch.

The story moved fast, damn near too fast, which I think if the author would have eased up off the gas, the characters would have been better developed. The back story on the characters didn't really tell me who they were and why I should care for them. The character Bless was defined well, and I understood him. I got the story on the four ladies but there wasn't enough information there for to me develop a relationship with them, or to even care for them, and they really undergo some shit in this novel, but without a well defined back story it can weaken the development of the character and that is what happen here.

Now if you like action, and drama, this novel has it. If you like erotica, there is a whole lot of f**king going on between these pages, almost too much, but its not erotica, its porn, so if you're young, put the book down and back away.

The novel was very predicable, if you're a mystery solver, you won't have any problems figuring out who betrayed the crew, and you won't have a problem figuring out who was going to die and who wasn't. Even thought I knew what was going to happen at the end of the novel, damn did I enjoy reading it! -I love action and drama and it played out like a movie in my head, and I liked that.

I have part two of the series, "The Pleasure of Pain 2" in my Kindle ebook collection already and I will read it, as well as part 3. I hope I will be able to deliver a better review. This novel I give 2 1/2 stars out of 5 stars.

This book was very predictable. Even when the author tried to through me off on who was behind all the problems, it wasn't believable. It also needs more editing. I would have liked the story more if, instead of the author telling me what was going on, he pulled me in with more creativity so I could connect with the story. Sometimes new ideas are not needed if you can take old ideas and make them new.

There is quite a bit of sex in this book and that is okay, sometimes. Here it was too much andThis book was very predictable. Even when the author tried to through me off on who was behind all the problems, it wasn't believable. It also needs more editing. I would have liked the story more if, instead of the author telling me what was going on, he pulled me in with more creativity so I could connect with the story. Sometimes new ideas are not needed if you can take old ideas and make them new.

There is quite a bit of sex in this book and that is okay, sometimes. Here it was too much and also, if you are going to have this much sex in a book you need to be more stimulating. There is more to sex and having your reader connect with the characters than just the act itself. Here it was just reading the words and after the first couple of times I didn’t even bother. It was the same thing over and over again.

The book has a bit of everything. Typical to this type of story there is murder, robberies, fights and cursing. Also, there is scene of pedophilia that was a bit to detailed (even though it was just a few lines) for me. There are also men beating on women and rape.

This book was a pretty quick read with lots of drama. It's the story of Tess and Bless (which I thought was pretty funny but I digress) who met at the age of 16 and formed a ride or die duo that extended to Tess' bffs from high school. Bless was a take charge kind of dude who goes to jail for 3 years leaving Tess to run the empire. She and her crew Iris, Vanessa & Ebony took on a "side" job while Bless did his bid. That "side" job is now the source of all the drama. I enjoyed the earlier floThis book was a pretty quick read with lots of drama. It's the story of Tess and Bless (which I thought was pretty funny but I digress) who met at the age of 16 and formed a ride or die duo that extended to Tess' bffs from high school. Bless was a take charge kind of dude who goes to jail for 3 years leaving Tess to run the empire. She and her crew Iris, Vanessa & Ebony took on a "side" job while Bless did his bid. That "side" job is now the source of all the drama. I enjoyed the earlier flow of the story but felt the name of the weapons was overkill for telling the tale. For me, I'd rather the author tell the story than tell me the gun was an AK47. I felt that the gun descriptions (too many to name) overshadowed the scenes. On a side note, the sex scenes had me seeing dejavu; it was almost as if the author did a cut and paste, lol. Overall good read though. I will try other books by this author....more

I was hooked on this book from page 1. The concept was great, the characters were “real” and the book was action packed. There were a few grammatical errors but not enough to really distract me from the story. Towards the middle I felt things were a little predictable but it was still a great read. I will definitely be picking up part 2. Can’t wait to find out what happens!!!

This book was horrible. The grammar was all over the place. There was an excessive amount of gratuitous sex. There was no flow to the story because it was broken up by more explicit sex scenes. This would have rated much better to me if the focus was on the drug game and not on Tess & Bless ( rhyming names? Really?)

The book was littered with typos and broken sentences. The story line became unbelievable a third of the way through and I knew who the killer was almost immediately. With a few rewrites, it could be a good book. But just to much sex, rape and unbelievable violence.

More around 2.75*It was just what I needed, but I felt the story could've been edited a lot more. A lot of my problems could've been fixed with simple editing. I have already read all the books in this series, so I'm really loving it.

This book is OMG The Pleasure Of Pain Tess, Iris, Vanessa,Ebony and Bless. This story about four childhood friends who became big in the drug game by day. By night they were contracting killers hired by the drug cartels. Bless was the love of Tess life he went to prison for 3 years for conspiracy charges Tess held him down and ran the family businesses. Iris and Tess had secret affair while Bless was in the pen both Iris and Bless was in love with Tess. Iris wanted Tess for herself Tess heart anThis book is OMG The Pleasure Of Pain Tess, Iris, Vanessa,Ebony and Bless. This story about four childhood friends who became big in the drug game by day. By night they were contracting killers hired by the drug cartels. Bless was the love of Tess life he went to prison for 3 years for conspiracy charges Tess held him down and ran the family businesses. Iris and Tess had secret affair while Bless was in the pen both Iris and Bless was in love with Tess. Iris wanted Tess for herself Tess heart and Soul belonged to Bless. Iris jealous and pain and Rage she set-up her best friends to eliminate either Tess or Bless so she could have one are the other. Iris called Jose's and told him that Tess and Bless had him killed. She than put a bomb in Bless killed shot Young and his FBI agent cousin. She planted the 8 million dollars in Ebony house Jose ordered a hit on Tess team. This chick Iris cold-blooded killer she shot Bless in the head was jealous because he loved Tess more than her she was rape by her father and D-low and his crew she as been thru a lot traumatic stuff Bless and Tess take care of her it was a love-triage. Tess and Bless was trying to get out of the game and start a new life the more they tried to get out they got pulled back in Ebony and Omar got killed because of contract killing for Ricardo and Jose. Ricardo hired Tess and her crew to take out Ricardo and Jose brother. That when the game got deadly some of the crew died or hurt. Bless has a brother he doesn't even know he has Tess still hasn't told Bless about her pregnancy with his baby. Before all we know Iris could be pregnant too his sex game is on point he had both ladies. The sex, the mayhem. I can't wait to read book 2 and 3. This author Shameek Speight book are full of action drama and pleasure and pain I really enjoyed this book. Tess betrayal from her friends is to close to home will she figured out it cost to be the boss. Great read would definitely recommend these books in this series....more

I was fortunately able to listen to this via audio book because it was narrated by the most talented narrators I've ever heard! Listening to THE PLEASURE OF PAIN on audiobook was like attending a spectacular performance! The male and female narrators changed their voices to suit the characters they read for perfectly. Each was able to incorporate accents, pauses and emotion when appropriate. Plus, there were sound effects and music, making thisSTORY: 2.5-3***

PERFORMANCE: 5 *****

OVERAL: 3.75****

I was fortunately able to listen to this via audio book because it was narrated by the most talented narrators I've ever heard! Listening to THE PLEASURE OF PAIN on audiobook was like attending a spectacular performance! The male and female narrators changed their voices to suit the characters they read for perfectly. Each was able to incorporate accents, pauses and emotion when appropriate. Plus, there were sound effects and music, making this a very unique audiobook.

Unfortunately, the reading material was not quite as impressive as those who were reading it. I did like some parts of the book there was nothing extra exciting or special about the story or the writing style. There were some things that were written that seemed ridiculous. For example, the male main character referred to his, "10 inch penis" for sure twice but maybe 3 different times. Also, the author mentioned that the female and male main characters had sex until they BOTH climaxed 5 times in one scene, BOTH climaxing 4 times in another. I know women can have multiple orgasms but I highly doubt that a young thug could have 5 orgasms in one brief sex session! The book was entertaining yet nothing out of this world. If I had read this and not listened to such a brilliant performance, I would have rated the book much lower....more

The book had an interesting way of keeping you curious about what was gonna happen. Some parts were pretty predictable. There is a lot of sex and violence but that doesn't bother me too much. What bothered me most of all was the flow of the book and how it would end abruptly and move on to something else. There were points I had to reread because it didn't make sense at first. Overall it kept me interested a few of the sex scenes seemed out of place but the suspenseful part had a good build up.The book had an interesting way of keeping you curious about what was gonna happen. Some parts were pretty predictable. There is a lot of sex and violence but that doesn't bother me too much. What bothered me most of all was the flow of the book and how it would end abruptly and move on to something else. There were points I had to reread because it didn't make sense at first. Overall it kept me interested a few of the sex scenes seemed out of place but the suspenseful part had a good build up. And kinda left U guessing til the end. If you want a quick read filled with action sex and suspense this is a good book for you. ...more

Tess, Iris, Vanessa, Ebony & Bless came up in the same neighborhood as kids with the notion of getting fast money and having the American Dream one day. Little did they know drugs, murder & betrayal would cost them a lot of Heartache and pain. Who will live to see another day. Keep your friends close or is your friends your biggest enemy?

This was a fast pace book, I liked it because it kept my attention and was never a dull moment,The Pleasure Of PainAuthor: Shameek A. SpeightMay 17,2014

Tess, Iris, Vanessa, Ebony & Bless came up in the same neighborhood as kids with the notion of getting fast money and having the American Dream one day. Little did they know drugs, murder & betrayal would cost them a lot of Heartache and pain. Who will live to see another day. Keep your friends close or is your friends your biggest enemy?

This was a fast pace book, I liked it because it kept my attention and was never a dull moment, the love that Bless & Tess had was Real. This is the first novel that I've read from this author but it won't be the last.Yolanda K. Highly Recommend...more

Love that even though this book is the beginning of a series its still a whole book worth of content. Drama, drama and some more drama. I can't believe that Iris would do Tess and Bless like that. Tess and Bless have been there for her since day 1. No loyalties these days boy listen. Got to keep the grass cut cuz those snakes stay lurking. I can't beleive that Tess and Bless didn't notice her weird actions. So hoping that Bless pulls through and puts one straight through her dome on the next oneLove that even though this book is the beginning of a series its still a whole book worth of content. Drama, drama and some more drama. I can't believe that Iris would do Tess and Bless like that. Tess and Bless have been there for her since day 1. No loyalties these days boy listen. Got to keep the grass cut cuz those snakes stay lurking. I can't beleive that Tess and Bless didn't notice her weird actions. So hoping that Bless pulls through and puts one straight through her dome on the next one. Amazing way to begin a series....more

Another 5 star book by author Shameek Speight. From the beginning to the end I was glued to my kindle. This book was filled with some much that I just couldn't put it down literally. I had this book for a while before I decided to read it and good thing I did because this is a must read. Although there were a few grammatical errors it didn't take away from the book at all. I would definitely recommend.

Man this book had me from the very beginning. The girls as well as Bless formed an unbreakable bond once meeting. I really don't like Iris and she really needs to get out of her feelings. Everything she's caused and still might not get what she wants. So much for loyalty!!! But I already see I need to get my hands on Part 2 because the ending got me hoping for the best for Bless and Iris getting exactly what her no good behind deserves!!!

This book was great. I enjoyed the characters and the plot. The things that can come between a friendship, you should never share your man with anyone. What is does for you know one needs to know all the details because you always got the one associate that wants to try it out. See I said associate because I don't call everyone my friends. Real friends want mess with nothing I have or had. Keep it up Shameek.

Shameek A. Speight was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. His writing journey began as a way to escape the madness and mayhem that had become his life. He shares his true life experiences with his readers giving them a taste of his struggle. His stories are so profound that they will genuially touch your heart and soul. to learn more about Shameek Novels, visit his Face Book page Shameek A SpeiShameek A. Speight was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. His writing journey began as a way to escape the madness and mayhem that had become his life. He shares his true life experiences with his readers giving them a taste of his struggle. His stories are so profound that they will genuially touch your heart and soul. to learn more about Shameek Novels, visit his Face Book page Shameek A Speight....more